News Digest
NORTH OSSETIAN LEGISLATURE ABOLISHES POST OF PRESIDENT
By empty (5/21/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The parliament of the Republic of North Ossetia unanimously approved on 21 May in the third and final reading amendments to the republic\'s constitution that downgrade the title of its leader from president to head of the republic. Opening the debate, parliament speaker Teimuraz Mamsurov argued that Russia should have just one president, and that to have dozens of presidents in a single state does not make legal or political sense. The amendments will take effect as of 1 January 2006, just weeks before incumbent President Aleksandr Dzasokhov\'s second term expires.GOVERNMENT MINISTER ASSASSINATED IN DAGHESTAN
By empty (5/21/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Daghestan\'s minister for nationality policy, information and external ties, Zagir Arukhov, was killed on the evening of 20 May when a bomb exploded at the entrance to an apartment building in Makhachkala. Arukhov\'s bodyguard died later of his injuries; four children were also hospitalized. Experts from the Russian Interior Ministry flew to Makhachkala on 21 May to investigate the killing.AZERBAIJANI POLICE BREAK UP OPPOSITION RALLY
By empty (5/21/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Police in Baku resorted to arrests and violence on 21 May to prevent isolated groups of would-be participants in an opposition rally from convening at the designated venue. Police beat hundreds of would-be participants and detained at least 149. Several journalists attempting to cover the rally were assaulted and beaten.U.S. TO DEPLOY MILITARY BASES IN AZERBAIJAN – NEWSPAPER
By empty (5/21/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The U.S. and Azerbaijani governments on April 12 agreed on the deployment of U.Visit also
Staff Publications
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Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, ed., Türkiye's Return to Central Asia and the Caucasus, July 2024.
Book Svante E. Cornell, ed., "The Changing Geopolitics of Central Asia and the Caucasus" AFPC Press/Armin LEar, 2023.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell and S. Frederick Starr, Stepping up to the “Agency Challenge”: Central Asian Diplomacy in a Time of Troubles, July 2023.
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, U.S. Policy in Central Asia through Central Asian Eyes, May 2023.